"So, what's up with all the flowers?"

The question was innocent enough, but the mocking tone and who it was is what startled Rose Red. She had gone up into her tree house, leaving the other girls to explore their own tree houses. Sucking in a deep gust of air, she turned around to see him standing by her mirror frame, his eyes gleaming with dark amusement. She exhaled and rolled her eyes, and moved past him, annoyed with him being there and she had a brief thought that he hadn't left when she went to collect the girls.

"Why does yours not have enough?" She retorted as her temper and mood flared. She sat down on her bed and shook the flower crown off and it tumbled into the white cloth on her lap.

He simply raised an eyebrow, genuinely curious with the abundance of flowers that perfumed this island; she didn't seem like the type of girl to go frolicking through a field of dandelions, which was something he had flown over when he first came to investigated the mysterious island.

Rose Red sighed quietly; exhausted from all the magical strain she was put through previously and tired of dealing with people for the day, especially ones like him that wouldn't go away.

"It helps me, uh, influence the Free Girls." She told him dismissively and flashing a charming smile, "Now if you don't mind, can you go?"

His eyebrows shot up again at the snide tone in her voice, something Rose Red noted that he did a lot. He moved silently across the floor and sat beside her, ignoring her sneer at him as he casually lied back on her bed. He quiet liked it; the leaves were the only thing he had seen so far that actually seemed a bit like his. Not that he would ever compare this flowery girl island to his Neverland, which was far better than this flower patch.

"I don't think I will."

Rose Red squeezed her fists and let out a frustrated growl; she pursed her lips till they became white in color and wrapped a hand around the cool vines that wrapped around her bed post. She was prepared to tell him why he should get off her bed and before she could grab the flowers in her lap and forcefully throw the magic dust in his face and wish that he turned into a weed, another growl rang out. A growl that didn't come from Rose Red's mouth caused both her and the boy to turn their heads towards the source of the noise, which was the archway to her room. The growl sounded young and animalistic, something that proved that it didn't come from Rose Red herself or one of her Free Girls.

Rose Red narrowed her blue eyes at the sight before her; a young bear cub was up on its hind legs and growling towards her bed. Towards the boy more specifically. She couldn't help the smile of amusement at the sight, noticing that the boy just seemed to be at the brunt of all the hate on her island. The little bear cub had wild deep brown almost black eyes, though when she focused on them more clearly she noticed that they seemed to have more human than wild animal in them. The boy simply let out a sharp laugh, a cold empty laugh that made him seem more like a soulless beast than human.

"This is what you have to protect yourself. A little bear cub, my Lost Boys eat things scarier than that." He laughed out loud again, his voice sardonic. "I'm so afraid."

The bear stopped growling momentarily, the human in its eyes shining through more and tilted its head to the side and its little ears slumping down as it looked like it was hurt by the harsh tone and confused by the words he had chosen. That didn't last long as the wild side took over and the growling began again. Rose Red shifted off the bed and moved slowly towards the bed, a thought occurring to her.

"Apparently so." Rose Red stated in reply to him, before talking to the bear more lightly, "You were just trying to protect me, weren't you?"

The bear just nudged her leg with its nose, before emitting one last growl as she nodded her head towards the stairs and it bounded down the stairs. Giggles and some terrified shrieks were then followed from outside by what sounded like the younger Free Girls. The smile instantly dropped from Rose Red's face and she turned around, flowers in hand, and threw the flower in the direction the boy was. The flurry of yellow and pink powder swirled in the air, until it abruptly stopped and dropped to the floor. She met his gaze unwavering and saw the furry and cold hate that was placed in the green-blue color.

"So that's what the flowers do," He spat out, "You should know: no one can beat me, especially with magic."

He flew out the window with that, narrowly avoiding the wooden bars that were placed within the frame. Rose Red's lips parted and she stumbled back, not expecting the boy to have done that. Instead of feeling fear, like she expected, she only felt anger at not being able to enact what she was going to do. With a yell of annoyance, she stomped down the stairs, each step disappearing behind her, and shoved the flower crown onto her head harshly. Her lips were pursed and her fist's were clenched at her side. Taking a deep breath and stopping on the bottom step, she placed a friendly mask on her face and walked out into the clearing.

Some of the girls, Milania and a older brunette named Eliana, were sitting on the ground and playing with dandelion flowers, others, a fourteen year old blonde girl named Margaret with big eyes and a ten year old girl with curly brown hair and dark skin named Sarine, were playing with the little bear cub. Then there was Thea, who was leaned against a tree with white blossoms and a glare in her green eyes that was met by the mock- confusion in the blue eyes of Rose Red. Rose Red assumed the others were in their tree or exploring the island.

With a crease in her eyebrows, she made her way across the soft grass of the clearing and skirted past a mud spot. Thea's glare only became harsher as the curly brunette came closer, her lips twisting into a scowl.

"What's the matter, Thea?" Rose Red asked with a light innocent tone.

"Don't think you're fooling me, I know you Anastasia-you have something planned." Thea said lowly, looking down at Rose Red.

For a fraction of a second, Rose Red's eyes narrowed before the calm mask washed over them. "I have no clue what you're talking about."

She took that as her leave and made her way back into the clearing before stopping and calling back over her shoulder. "Oh, and its Rose Red now."

"Alright girls, I think we should have some fun!"

All the girls came out of their tree house at Rose Red's shout and they all circled around her, smiling excitedly; Thea sat on the outskirt of the circle, a small and fake smile on her lips. Rose Red lowered herself onto a nearby rock with dark green moss creeping up on the sides. She smiled at all the girls crying out which games they wanted to play.

"Let's play hide and seek!" Shouted out Sarine.

"I want to play tag!" Was shrieked from a sixteen year old girl named Cerebella, who had short brown hair and was very skinny.

"Can we play-"

Before the shouts could continue on, Rose Red cleared her throat and they all ceased what they were doing.

"I think we should play find the thorn."

The smiles had dropped at the underlying threatening tone in her voice, before a dazed look appeared over their eyes as a multitude of colored powder rained down from each girl's tree. The colors delicately swirled around its own girl, becoming woven in where their veins were above their skin and lead up to their hearts and mind. The smell of each flower wafted around the clearing, causing a strong and almost unpleasant smell, and the powder soon cleared from the air after a minute. The dazed look appeared in each girls face and for a moment, one glimmer of a second, each girl's eyes flashed the color powder they were attacked with.

All but one girl, one girl still sat there with a horrified look in her face as she struggled to get to her feet and run away with the thick perfume and cloud surrounding her-though it had no effect. Her eyes remained the same and still held a harsh glare-albeit a little frantic- as she looked over each girls face and released a sigh of relief when the powder cleared and the dazed look soon faded after a moment. She scanned over each girls face once more, to make sure they were truly alright as she was baffled at what she had just seen, before stopping at one girl in particular. The same girl who was looking back with a sinister smile that no one seemed to see, the same girl who had once been the kindest person she knew, and the same girl who was the vilest and cruelest person in the whole Enchanted Forest. Rose Red.

Rose Red whispered five words before disappearing and leaving a puff of magenta powder that was swirled with dandelion yellow.

"Time to find the thorn."


"I don't get it, where are we going to find the thorn she wants; there are millions of roses here." Eliana said as she trudged through the thick cat tail plants, pausing to wipe away the little fluff that was getting stuck in her dark brown hair.

"We have to find it because Rose Red wants it!" Margret stated as if it were obvious, the other girls all eagerly agreeing.

Thea was the only one who didn't nod along enthusiastically; she just narrowed her eyes at the use of Anastasia's new name of sorts. Who even called themselves that, is what Thea wanted to know. She also wanted to know why the girls were all suddenly excited about this game-coincidently after Ana sprinkled her little magic dust. Thea was shaken out of her thoughts as she suddenly became aware of the silence around her and the lack of giggling girls. Her head shot around the little path she was in, desperately trying to find one of the girls. Her thoughts were chasing down a darker path; she began wondering if Anastasia, Rose Red, had something to do with this.

"I didn't kill them," Rose Red deadpanned while rolling her eyes.

"Why should I believe you?" Thea snapped as she whipped around to see Rose Red leaning against a tall tree stump, that little bear at her feet.

"Because-"

She cut herself off and threw a puff of purple powder into Thea's face, who stumbled back and shielded herself panicking. Thea breathed deeply and waited to become a happy little doll for Rose Red to play with, only it didn't come. She braced herself to become mindless, but it didn't work.

"Was that to scare me?" Thea panted out, slowly getting up from the ground and rubbing the back of her head from the fall.

"Yeah, that was it." Rose Red replied absent mindedly, her eyes becoming clouded with her confusion. She immediately disappeared in a puff of powder, the bear coming with her.

She blinked a few times before stumbling over to the mirror frame and dropped her head into her hands, still confused and slightly mad it didn't work. Her thoughts went by too fast for her to comprehend, each idea of what might have happened raced in her mind. She gave a half-assed attempt to lift her head up to look into the now visible reflection.

"Why didn't it work?" She glared into her reflection, the anger growing.

"Maybe because she doesn't believe."


A/N: Hello readers! I wanted this chapter to be finished yesterday, but I was a lazy person and decided to procrastinate on doing my biology labs, I had three, and have now finished this chapter. I have some questions for ya'll, do you guys like the bear being added as a cub now, getting older as the story progresses, do you guys like seeing some of the other people's thoughts or just Rose Red's, do you guys like the stuff with Thea, and I think I have more questions but I'm jittery from sugar and my hands are jumping from key to key faster than I would like and making spelling harder.

Also wanted to say a million thank you's to each person who has decided to favorite, follow, review, and read this story. I know it's not the best written thing or even popular, but you guys make me want to write more and more. :)

Guest: Yep! You hit the hammer on the nail… I think that's how that saying goes. Thank you so much!

BettyBoopFan123: Thank you so, so, so much! This review was amazing to read, and re-read! I would totally want to live on the island, which I'm going to name soon. Believe me, it took some weird half-asleep state of mind to think of this, and I forgot about it the next morning before randomly remembering during dinner. At first, I thought there would be heaps of these fics in this fandom; I kept telling myself I needed to post this before I miss my chance. Oh gosh, I doubt my writing is nowhere near book quality writing, but I have to agree with you. I would read a book series like this; I just love the idea of Peter Pan and Neverland. :D I'm totally fine with you linking this on Tumblr, you don't need to ask me, I'm quiet flattered you actually think its good enough. :)

orcafan1: Sorry the chapter is a bit late; I originally planned to post new chapters every two days. Thank you for your review, you're so sweet! :D


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